Potty Training

Madison is 2 1/2 and I really want her to be out of diapers before our new little girl arrives in September. So yesterday I decided to try potty training. I got all prepared with M&M's for treats and made sure to have plenty of towels and panties on hand. I took her to the bathroom about every 15 minutes. She sits on the toilet quite often at her request but has yet to actually go while on the potty. I figured if I could catch her then once she realized what she did she would catch on quickly. That or having pee run down her leg would make her want to go on the potty. (Especially since she is so crazy about washing and being clean she will wash her hands after each Oreo she eats, even if she eats 4 cookies, she will still wash between each because she is messy.) Well after several hours of taking her every 15 minutes or so she still had yet to actually do her business on the potty. I decided to call it quits. She peed on the couch and on the carpet in the family and all over the kitchen floor. I figured since she could not stop herself mid peeing and I could not catch her while taking her to the bathroom so often that she just is not quite ready. Good thing we still have a few months before this new baby comes.
I managed to keep my cool for this whole potty training ordeal, which is pretty good for me. The first time she peed she was laying on the arm of the couch and it went ALL over, I just had to laugh. She does not usually lay on the arm of the couch and of course this one time she just so happened to be on it. But each time she had an accident (luckily we called it quits before she had to go #2) she would look up at me and say, "Sorry Mommy, Sorry" it was so cute!!! So she obviously knows that she is making a mess and mommy has to clean it, how sweet of her. I guess we will just have to give it a try again in a few weeks and hope she is more ready. That just means that by tummy will be much bigger and it will be more difficult to get on the floor and clean up the messes. Who said girls were easy????